Glory Hunter portrait frames Custer as tragic hero
A critical look at Frederic Van De Water's Glory Hunter portrays George Armstrong Custer as a brilliant yet flawed commander. The piece traces his rise from New Rumsey and West Point to Civil War triumphs and Indian campaigns, noting court martials, Belknap scandal fallout, and his contested Little Big Horn fate. The article links his fate to family losses and lifelong devotion of Elizabeth Bacon Custer, framing the legend around contested memory and historical judgment.
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Little Big Horn
Glory
Frederic F. van de Water
Glory Hunter
Bobbs- Merrill Company
George Armstrong Custer
7Th
United States Cavalry
United States Army
Elizabeth Bacon
America
Godfrey
Custer
New Rumley
Harrison County
Ohio
Mexico
Emanuel Custer
New Rumsey Invincibles
Autie
Autie” Custer
Custers
Montana
Nevin J
Thomas W. Custer
Boston
Lydia
David Reed
Monroe
Mich
Lake Michigan
New Rumsey
United States Military Academy
West Point
John A. Bingham
Academy
Slaven
van de Water
Fifth Cavalry
Gettysburg
Gray
Jeb Stuart
Phil Sheridan
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Appomattox Station
Lee
Stuart
Forrest
Merritt
Torbert
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Hancock
Fort Riley
Black Kettle
Chivington
Colorado
Sand Creek
Washita
Maj
Joel Elliott
Elliott
General Stanley
Black Hills
Belknap
Grant
Sutter
Congress
Washington
Orville Grant
Terry
Tom Custer
Boston Custer
Antie’ Reed
Margaret Emma Custer
James Calhoun
Western Newspaper
Union
New Hybrid Wheat Sets Good Record
Tenmarg, a high yielding hard red winter wheat, developed by Kansas experiment station and the U S Department of Agriculture, emerged strong this year despite drought. It traces to crosses involving Marquis and Ten sixty six, with testing across Kansas and nearby states. Tenmarg outperforms older varieties in yield and baking strength though less winter hardy than Kanred and Turkey.
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United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Marquis
Russia
Canada
Calcutta
India
Danzig
Prussia
Bureau of Plant Industry
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Turkey
There Are Various Ways of Destroying Stumps
Fire is used to burn stumps but requires weeks of treatment. Holes are bored into the stump top, filled with salt peter, and water added. The chemical spreads through the stump as holes are refilled over about four weeks, allowing the fire to reach deep roots and burn the stump.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Milking Cows: Milker Efficiency Varies in Dairies
The Missouri Farmer notes experiments show cows are not always more productive when milked by the same person. Many dairies assign cows to milkers as they come, with some milkers being more efficient. The impact of changing milkers depends largely on the milker rather than the cows’ familiarity.
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Missouri
Sheep and Civilization Rise with Ancient Flocks
The passage traces the sheep industry from biblical times through ancient Europe. It links wool and mutton to soldiers and western civilization while describing the sheep trade as a long standing advance guard to progress.
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Christ
Europe
Bedding Shavings Preferred by Producers for High Grade Milk
Shavings for bedding are favored by producers of high grade milk due to greater absorbent power and cleaner cows with less bedding. Some objection exists about their slower decay in soil, posing potential problems on light sandy soils that dry out. Hoards Dairyman.
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Hoard’s
Successful Tour Includes Stratford Visit
A tourist proclaimed during a England visit that Stratford was a must. He quips about buying Stratford postcards in London but explains travel aims to write his name on Shakespeare's tomb, as reported by the Montreal Star.
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Stratford
England
London
Montreal Star
The Forty Thieves Play Ends With Stage Entrance Joke
In an English theater the eight member company staged The Forty Thieves. To show the cave entrance the robbers left and reentered the stage multiple times. A limping actor earned a gallery quip calling him Hoppy for a final lap.
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Hoppy
Scribbler's Best Work Found In Daylight Routine
A playful exchange from the Montreal Star notes that Scribbler does his best writing in daylight, while others speculate author Habits with A and B joking about his daytime chores like mowing the lawn and tidying the garden.
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Scribbler
Montreal Star
Dodging the old task and nightly geometry lessons
A wife pleads with John about his late nights after ten. He answers with a whispered excuse that Bobbie has started internal geometry lessons again.
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John
Bobbie
The Grass Is Greener Man Quips About Night Home
A witty aside from Chelsea Record about a man escaping a late night scolding as he overhears a neighbor family spat. The joke notes his luck being in as his wife remains unaware.
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Chelsea
Proper Treatment Nurse-A Cross-Eyed Patient Tale
A humorous Pathfinder Magazine quip about a nurse treating a woman with tears running down her neck due to cross eyes. The joke hinges on a mistaken medical inference and a pun on bacteria. It reflects light social humor from mid century newspapers.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Sinister Visitor Questioned by Wife in London Tit-Bits
A front-page quip describes a woman asking if her husband is home and the man’s sinister gaze, with the wife noting he’ll soon be in the back garden with bloodhounds after revolver practice. The exchange captures London humor and domestic tension.
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London
Hard Luck's Limit in Taxful Joke Gag
A lighthearted exchange about luck and money imagines a dollar bill tossed in the air returning as an income tax demand note. The quip features two men talking and framing financial worry as humor.
Hello, Smith Calls It Crashed Flu After Seven Weeks
Conversation notes from Montreal Star reveal greeting and medical status as Smith explains seven weeks in bed due to influenza followed by a crash. no further details provided.
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Smith
Montreal Star
Bluebloods Road to Success Cited as Family Trees
A witty remark contrasts a difficult path to success with a family tree metaphor. The line frames ambition as blocked by obstacles while acknowledging lineage as a central factor. The exchange ends with a quip about family ties guiding progress.
Pretty Slumber Wooming Pajamas Pattern 9108
Jean favors cozy nightwear as she lingers with Teddy in new pajamas. Pattern 9108 features roomy sleeves a back closure and a pocket for a hanky in sizes 4 6 8 10 and 12. Requires 2 1/2 yards of 36 inch fabric for size 4. Send 15 cents with name address style number and size to Sewing Circle Pattern Department New York.
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Jean
Teddy
Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Lights
Tenth Street
New York
N. Y
Eureka Soap Inspires Archimedes Moment
A Terre Haute Tribune joke recalls Archimedes shouting Eureka in the bath. A teacher asks for meaning and the boy, after a pause, answers that Eureka means I have found it and reveals the soap was what he found.
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Archimedes
Eureka
Terre Haute Tribune
The Modern Girl Says Joe Is Too Respectable
The Modern Girl voices clear frustration with Joe, claiming she cannot stand him any longer because he is too doggone respectable. The exchange hints at a tension between charm and propriety in relational dynamics of the era.
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Joe
Noisy spouses spark a comic quarrel cartoon style
A Border Cities Star excerpt shows a hen pecked husband trapped by a talkative wife. He laments not speaking, she retorts he has merely listened, delivering a sharp exchange that hints at domestic humor. The exchange captures a lively, humorous domestic scene.
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Border Cities Star
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